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The origins of intergenerational associations : lessons from Swedish adoption data
Björklund, Anders (contributor);  … - 2005
. -- intergenerational mobility ; nature and nurture ; income ; education ; adoption data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003085756
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Schooling, family background, and adoption : does family income matter?
Plug, Erik J. S.; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2001
One would expect that family income is an important positive factor in the school attainment of children. However, evidence on this relationship is often tainted by the lack of control for parental ability, since at least a portion of ability is transferred genetically to children. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339673
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How do parents raise the educational attainment of future generations
Plug, Erik J. S. - 2002
The problem with most intergenerational mobility estimates is that unmeasured and inherited abilities prevent us from drawing inferences. In this paper we estimate the intergenerational mobility of schooling and exploit differences between adopted and own birth children to obtain genetically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415222
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Schooling, family background, and adoption : is it nature or is it nurture?
Plug, Erik J. S.; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2001
When parents are more educated, their children tend to receive more schooling as well. Does this occur because parental ability is passed on genetically or because more educated parents provide a better environment for children to flourish? Using an intergenerational sample of families, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339672
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Can reduced child support make joint custody bad for children? : the role of economic incentives in U.S. divorce law on child outcomes
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Roff, Jennifer; Sun, Hugette - 2018
This paper examines the effect of economic incentives generated by U.S. divorce and custody law on a range of child health and human capital measures. State laws vary widely in the treatment of child support under joint custody. While some states require no child support in joint custody cases,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955833
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The ART of life : IVF or child adoption?
Gumus, Gulcin; Lee, Jungmin - 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of child adoption on the utilization of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the … US. Using state-level longitudinal data for 1999-2006, we show that ART use is responsive to changes in adoption markets … international adoptions while there is no substitutability between ART and adoption of related children. Our findings suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940438
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What determines family structure?
Blau, David; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - 2010
We estimate the effects of policy and labor market variables on the fertility, union formation and dissolution, type of union (cohabiting versus married), and partner choices of the NLSY79 cohort of women. These demographic behaviors interact to determine the family structure experienced by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959941
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The divorce revolution and generalized trust : evidence from the United States 1973 - 2010
Viitanen, Tarja - 2014
This paper examines the effect of exposure to a culture of easier divorce as a minor on generalized trust using the General Social Survey from 1973-2010. The easier divorce culture is defined as the introduction of no-fault including unilateral divorce reforms across the US. According to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247345
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The unknown immigration : incentives and family composition in intercountry adoptions to the United States
Lozano, Fernando; Kossoudji, Sherrie A. - 2009
international adoption. We address three issues: 1) How do the demographic characteristics of the children adopted from abroad … Census and the number of visas granted by the State Department? -- Immigrant children ; international adoption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910195
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How unilateral divorce affects children
Cáceres-Delpiano, Julio (contributor);  … - 2008
Using U.S. Census data for the years 1960-1980, we study the impact of unilateral divorce on outcomes of children (age 6-15) and their mothers. We find that the reform increased mothers' divorce, decreased family income and increased the fraction of mothers below the poverty line. For children,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652714